Washing-machine



(No Model.)

J. W. WAYNICK. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 479,863. Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

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UNITED STATES] PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFERSON WVILSON WVAYNIOK, OF CHARITON, IO\VA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 47 9,863, dated August2, 1892.

Application filed November 27, 1891- Serial No. 413,295. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON WILSON \VAYNIOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ohariton, in the county of Lucas and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to roller washingmachines adapted for use in thelaundry, and the object of the same is to effect certain improvements indevices of this character.

To this end the invention consistsin awashing machine constructedsubstantially as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and asillustrated on the sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a sectionthrough a wash-tub, showing my improved washer in elevation as mountedtherein on its detachable feet. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the crank endof this washer with the foot slightly removed. Fig. 3 is a similarelevation of the opposite end with the foot slightly raised. Fig.4 is aperspective detail of a portion of one of the end pieces of the frameand the parts of the slotted bearin g for the upper shaft slightlyseparated. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective detail of one of thering-bearings.

Referring to the said drawings, the frame of my improved washercomprises end pieces 1, preferably connected by a top cross-bar 2 and bytwo parallel and slightly-separated base-bars 3, which extend throughthe end pieces and are connected at one end by a transversetightening-bolt l.

5 is a foot having a reduced upper end 6, adapted to pass between theconnected ends of the base-bars outside the bolt, and when the latter istightened this foot is clamped in place.

7 is another foot having slots 8, by which it may be detachably mountedon the opposite ends of the base-bars outside the other end piece 1, asshown in Fig. 1. By these the device may be supported within a tub 9, asshown.

10 and 11 are rollers, which are exact duplicates of each other in theirdimensions. The journals of the lower roller are mounted, as seen at 12,in metal bushings or bearings 13 in the end pieces. The journals 14 ofthe upper roller pass through slots 20 in the end pieces and are mountedin rings 30, which are connected by coiled contractile springs 15 withpins 16, seated in the outer faces of the end pieces below thesejournals, whereby the upper roller is drawn down upon the lower with ayielding force. One end of the shaft of the upper roller is continuedinto a crankhandle 19, by which the device is operated. The rollers arefluted, as at 18. The flutes are preferably rounded slightly, and theyare so arranged as to alternate with those on the opposite roller.

31 are oilholes in the rings 30.

I have said that the end pieces are slotted, as at 20, and by referenceto Fig. 4 it will be seen that each side wall of each slot is providedwith a longitudinal tongue'21.

22 is a block sliding in each slot and having grooved edges 23 engagingthese tongues, the reduced upper end 24 of the block passing through thetop cross-bar 2 and being threaded, as at 25, for the reception of a nut26. By this means the nuts may be set so as to raise the blocks withinthe slots of the end pieces and prevent the upper roller from coming incontact with thelower, although as the journals of this upper rollerrest normally in the lower ends of the elongated bearings 29 in theseblocks when a thick piece of clothing passes between the rollers theupper one can rise in its bearings to a considerable extent, aspermitted by the springs 15.

This improved washing machine being placed within a tub, the clothes arepassed between the rollers in an obvious manner and are-washed thereby.If the tub is deep, the feet 5 and 7 are applied to raise the device theproper distance above the bottom of the tub, the bolt 4 being tightenedto hold the foot 5 in place. The nuts 26 are set so as to prevent therollers coming closer together than is desired, and the clothes are thenpassed between the rollers, the upper one being revolved by itscrank-handle 19, and the result will be that the clothes are thoroughlyand quickly cleansed without injury thereto.

Considerable change in the details of construction may be made Withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed as new is In a washing-machine, the combination, withthe framework, whose end pieces are provided with vertical slots havinglongitudinal tongues on their opposite faces, a top bar connecting saidpieces, and a lower roller journaled between these end pieces, of blocksmounted in said slots and having grooves engaging said tongues, thebodies of said blocks having longitudinally-slotted bearings and theirupper ends being reduced and extended through said top barythreads onsaid ends, nuts on said threads, an upper roller whose shaft isjournaled in said bearings and extended at one end into a crank-handle,and springs hearing this roller normally toward the lower roller,substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JEFFERSON WILSON WAYNICK.

WVitnesses:

JLARA H. ALEXANDER, HENRY C. WAYNIOK.

